2011-11-16
Matrox Video Products Group today announced the appointment of Japan Material Co. Ltd.
as the exclusive distributor of its end-user products in Japan. Japan Material will
represent the full line of Matrox video products, including the popular Matrox MXO2
I/O devices, the new Mojito MAX I/O card, the Convert DVI scan converters, and the
MC-100 SDI-to-HDMI mini converter. Read more...
2011-11-15
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MC-100, a dual SDI-to-HDMI
mini converter that supports a wide range of display resolutions through 3G, Dual Link,
HD, and SD-SDI, is now available from Matrox dealers worldwide. Priced at $495 US,
this single portable unit can be used as an HD-SDI switcher, a distribution amplifier,
a multiplexer, and a 3D processing unit, making it the most versatile mini converter
on the market. Matrox MC-100
2011-11-03
Matrox Video Products Group today announced support for Avid Media Composer
version 6 with the entire range of Matrox MXO2 I/O devices and the new Matrox
Mojito MAX card. Not only do Matrox I/O products provide broadcast-quality input
and output, they also lets users deliver H.264 files for the web, mobile devices,
and Blu-ray up to five times faster than software alone, without sacrificing quality.
Other important features include 10-bit hardware scaling, inexpensive HD monitoring
with the exclusive Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility, and 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound
monitoring using professional connections. Matrox MXO2 / Matrox Mojito MAX
2011-11-03
Matrox Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of Matrox
Mojito MAX, an SDI/HDMI/analog HD/SD video and professional audio I/O card that
includes an onboard Matrox MAX H.264 encoding accelerator. Matrox Mojito MAX
2011-09-27
Matrox Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of
Thunderbolt-enabled Matrox MXO2 I/O devices as well as Thunderbolt adapters for
existing customers. Developed by Intel with collaboration from Apple, Thunderbolt
is a high-speed I/O technology running at 10 gigabits per second that brings together
high-speed data transfer and high-definition (HD) display on to a single cable.
Thunderbolt is currently available on all new Macs. The Matrox MXO2 devices provide
broadcast-quality video and audio capture, monitoring, output, and H.264 encoding
for use with leading editing and content creation applications. Matrox MXO2
2011-09-26
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that its Matrox MC-100, a dual SDI-to-HDMI
mini converter that supports a wide range of display resolutions through 3G, Dual Link,
HD, and SD-SDI, is the recipient of a 2011 STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient)
Award, given by the editorial staff of TV Technology Europe magazine at the 2011 IBC
convention. Matrox MC-100
2011-09-08
Matrox Video Products Group today announced Matrox MC-100, a dual SDI to HDMI
mini converter that supports a wide range of display resolutions through 3G,
Dual Link, HD, and SD-SDI. Priced at $495, this single portable unit can be used
as an HD-SDI switcher, a distribution amplifier, a multiplexer, and a 3D processing
unit, making it the most versatile mini converter on the market. Matrox MC-100
2011-09-08
Matrox Video Products Group today announced Mac support for the award-winning
Matrox Convert DVI and Convert DVI Plus HD-SDI scan converters. These devices let
broadcasters easily and economically take the computer-based content that is quickly
becoming a key part of the nightly news to air. They are ideal for creating broadcast
video from computer applications such as Skype, YouTube, Google Earth, video games,
and web browser sessions, as well as citizen journalists' mobile phone videos.
Matrox Convert DVI scan converters are also the perfect appliances to drive projectors
and large displays at live events and in houses of worship. Matrox Convert DVI / Matrox Convert DVI Plus
2011-09-08
Matrox Video Products Group today announced a new addition to the Matrox DSX Developer
Products family — the Matrox Xmio2 Plus card. An advanced multi-channel HD and SD I/O
card, Matrox Xmio2 Plus introduces a new innovation, the Matrox Control Engine (MCE)
which couples the predictability of a pipelined architecture to the flexibility of a
memory-centric architecture to enable sophisticated failsafe functionality for
rock-solid broadcast output. Matrox Xmio2 Plus also provides multi-layer scaling,
multi-layer compositing, multi-channel frame synchronization with audio resampling,
and other features OEMs need to build high-performance digital media systems. Matrox Xmio2 Plus
2011-09-08
Matrox Video Products Group and Gallery today announced a next-generation broadcast
ingest platform that combines Gallery SIENNA PictureReady software running on a Mac
mini with a Thunderbolt technology enabled Matrox MXO2 I/O device to deliver a
high-performance, reliable video ingest solution in a compact form factor. Matrox MXO2
2011-09-01
Matrox Video Products Group today announced an innovative workflow that incorporates
a StreamCell live video streaming system and a Matrox Convert DVI Plus scan converter
to provide a complete, simple ENG solution. Matrox Convert DVI Plus
2011-08-31
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that broadcast equipment manufacturer Howard
Zuckerman & Assoc. Inc. has chosen the Matrox Xmio2 card, part of the Matrox DSX family
of developer products, as the heart of its ScoreBox graphics generation system. Matrox Xmio2
2011-08-30
At IBC2011, Matrox Video Products Group and PROMISE Technology, Inc. will demonstrate
multi-layer realtime editing of uncompressed HD projects using Matrox MXO2 LE MAX
video I/O devices and PROMISE Pegasus RAID storage connected to the latest Apple iMac
via the all-new Thunderbolt technology. Matrox MXO2 LE MAX
2011-07-26
Matrox Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of Mac OS X 10.7
(Lion) drivers for the Matrox MXO2 and Matrox MXO2 MAX families of I/O devices and well as
the Matrox MXO monitoring/output device and the Matrox CompressHD H.264 accelerator card. Matrox MXO2 / Matrox MXO / Matrox CompressHD
2011-07-14
Telestream and Matrox Video Products Group today announced that London-based Ellegy Ltd.
has deployed Matrox Multi-Ingest video capture card and Telestream Wirecast Pro live
webcasting software to capture and stream live Web coverage of the International GT Open
car championship races in seven countries across Europe. Ellegy Ltd. is a promotion and
media production company that specializes in motorsports. Upon being named the official
advertising agency for the International GT Open in January 2011, Ellegy decided to expand
its media services to include a live program dedicated specifically to Web distribution. Read more...
2011-06-29
With the introduction of Matrox's first product Video RAM (a specialized video display
device for first-generation microcomputers) in 1976, co-founders Branko Matic and Lorne
Trottier launched a company that has continued to develop innovative, industry-leading
products over the last 35 years. The company's three divisions — Matrox Graphics, Matrox
Imaging, and Matrox Video — now provide specialized hardware and software solutions for
use in an array of professional markets, including media and entertainment, finance,
digital signage, medical imaging, manufacturing, factory automation, security,
government, and enterprise computing. Read more...
2011-06-21
Matrox Video Products Group today announced the availability of new software releases
for the Matrox MXO2 product line for Mac and PC. Highlights of the new releases include
support for Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium, capture support for Adobe Flash
Media Live Encoder, and presets for new H.264 encoding parameters in Adobe Media Encoder. Matrox MXO2
2011-06-16
Matrox to showcase a full range of editing, streaming, H.264 encoding, and scan
converter products at Broadcast Asia 2011 Matrox Convert DVI Plus / Matrox MXO2
2011-06-15
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox Convert DVI Plus, an SD/HD
SDI scan converter with high-end features priced at just $1495 US, will be demonstrated
at InfoComm 2011 in booth 4063 of the Orange County Convention Center, June 15-17.
Matrox Convert DVI Plus lets broadcasters easily and economically take the computer-based
content that is quickly becoming a key part of the nightly news to air. It's ideal for
creating broadcast video from computer applications such as Skype, YouTube, Google Earth,
video games, and web browser sessions, as well as citizen journalists' mobile phone videos.
Matrox Convert DVI Plus is also the perfect appliance to drive projectors and large
displays at live events and in houses of worship. Matrox Convert DVI Plus
2011-04-11
Matrox Video Products Group today announced Matrox MXO2 devices featuring the all-new
Thunderbolt technology developed by Intel and brought to market with collaboration from
Apple. Thunderbolt technology is a high-speed I/O technology running at 10 gigabits per
second that brings together high-speed data transfer and high-definition (HD) display on to
a single cable. It is currently available on the Apple MacBook Pro line. The Matrox MXO2
devices provide broadcast-quality video and audio capture, monitoring, output, and H.264
encoding for use with leading editing and content creation applications. Matrox MXO2
2011-04-11
Matrox Video Products Group today announced support for Adobe Creative Suite 5.5
Production Premium software with the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices. The award-winning
Matrox MXO2 devices provide cross-platform Mac and Windows support and can be easily moved
among desktop systems in a facility, installed in an OB van, or taken on the road with a
laptop. Key features include: full-resolution, full frame rate, multi-layer, realtime video
editing via Matrox RT technology; lightning fast H.264 file creation for smart phones, iPad,
the web, and Blu-ray via Matrox MAX technology; and professional audio and video input and
output with 10-bit hardware up/down/cross conversion. In addition, the Matrox MXO2 devices
ship with a variety of productivity enhancing applications: Matrox A/V Tools (PC) for fast
capture/ playback of audio, video, and still frames, Matrox MAX H.264 Capture (PC) for direct
capture to H.264 files, Matrox Vetura Capture (Mac) for quick and easy capture to a variety of
QuickTime codecs, and Matrox Vetura Playback (Mac) for convenient playback of H.264 and .mov files. Matrox MXO2
2011-04-11
Matrox Video Products Group today announced support for Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder
software with Matrox MXO2 I/O devices. The Matrox MXO2 family offers a full range of
capture hardware solutions ideal for feeding live content to Adobe Flash Media Server
software. Applications include field journalism, sports, live events, and distance learning.
The MXO2 devices work with any system – Mac or PC, laptop or desktop – and let users connect
to any HD or SD video source via SDI, HDMI, or analog. Support for Windows is provided via a
Microsoft DirectShow driver and support for Mac OS is provided via QuickTime. Live video
streams can reach viewers on multiple devices using all protocols supported by Adobe Flash
including RTMP, HTTP or Multicast. Matrox MXO2
2011-04-11
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that two new cards and significant new software
features have been added to the Matrox DSX Developer Products family. The new X.264io card
is a PCIe card that offers an SDI input with an onboard H.264 hardware encoder and a single
program transport stream ASI output. The new XMIO2/12/8K/D card features Matrox's advanced
motion adaptive deinterlacing technology and multi-directional anti-aliasing filtering which
yields perfect progressive representations of interlaced fields. Matrox X.264io / Matrox XMIO2/12/8K/D
2011-04-11
AmberFin and Matrox Video Products Group today announced that support for the Apple ProRes
codec has been integrated into the award-winning AmberFin iCR range, allowing iCR users to
encode to ProRes during ingest and transcode to ProRes for delivery. This allows users of
Final Cut Pro to benefit from the comprehensive range of iCR's ingest, transcoding, review,
QC, format conversion, and standards conversion toolset. AmberFin iCR products are powered
by the Matrox Xmio2 card, part of the Matrox DSX family of developer products. Matrox DSX
2011-03-28
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox Convert DVI Plus, an SD/HD SDI
scan converter with high-end features priced at just $1495 US, is available worldwide.
Matrox Convert DVI Plus lets broadcasters easily and economically take the computer-based
content that is quickly becoming a key part of the nightly news to air. It's ideal for
creating broadcast video from computer applications such as Skype, YouTube, Google Earth,
video games, and web browser sessions, as well as citizen journalists' mobile phone videos.
Matrox Convert DVI Plus is also the perfect appliance to drive projectors and large displays
at live events and in houses of worship. Matrox Convert DVI Plus
2011-03-23
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Tightrope Media Systems has chosen the
Matrox Xmio2 card, part of the Matrox DSX family of developer products, as the heart of its
ZEPLAY instant replay server. ZEPLAY gives operators complete control over four streams of
SD or HD video, as they are recorded to hard disk. Each stream may play back from -200% to
+200% speed as well as shuttle and jog. ZEPLAY also provides the operator with an extremely
fast highlight package editor, external clip import and playback, and versatile play export
capability. ZEPLAY's interface organizes this information with built-in multi-viewers,
clip tagging, timecode information, and a graphical timeline called the "playbar". Target
applications include: pro, semi-pro, and college stadiums; second and third tier production
trucks; and higher-end installations that require traditional options as the primary source
for replay but need a backup or secondary replay unit. Matrox DSX
2011-03-22
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MAX H.264 Capture is now available.
Matrox MAX H.264 Capture is a stand-alone Windows application that lets users capture directly
to H.264 files for use on smart phones, iPad, the web, and Blu-ray discs using any Matrox MXO2
product equipped with Matrox MAX technology. Material can be captured from video and audio input
on an MXO2 device and simultaneously monitored. Matrox MAX H.264 Capture is quick and easy-to-use
with default presets for many popular delivery formats. It also provides the ability for the user
to create custom presets. Video can be captured to the .mp4 file wrapper for the web, iPad, and
other popular H.264 deliverables or to .264 elementary stream files for immediate Blu-ray
authoring without transcoding. Matrox MAX H.264 Capture
2011-02-15
Matrox Video Products Group today announced support for the newly released Avid Media Composer
V5.5 editing system. Matrox MXO2 Mini turns a user's HDMI screen into a professional-grade
video monitor with unique color calibration tools. The small, lightweight, external box is ideal
for file-based workflows in studio, on set, in the field and in OB vans. It provides HDMI,
analog component, S-Video, and composite output and cross-platform support for Macs and PCs,
laptops and workstations. Users can also take advantage of the Matrox Vetura Capture application
for quick and easy capture to Avid DNxHD or other popular Avid-supported codecs. Media Composer
V5.5 adds support for new 720p and 1080p workflows with Matrox MXO2 Mini including the ability
to select PsF or true P output in 1080p modes. Matrox MXO2 Mini
2011-01-25
Matrox Video Products Group today announced Matrox Convert DVI Plus, an SD/HD SDI scan converter
with high-end features priced at just $1495 US. Matrox Convert DVI Plus lets broadcasters
easily and economically take the computer-based content that is quickly becoming a key part
of the nightly news to air. It's ideal for creating broadcast video from computer applications
such as Skype, YouTube, Google Earth, video games, and web browser sessions, as well as citizen
journalists' mobile phone videos. Matrox Convert DVI Plus is also the perfect appliances to drive
projectors and large displays at live events and in houses of worship. Matrox Convert DVI Plus
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